Oil can



OIL GAN. APPLICATION FILED 00Tk 25, 1921..

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Paten@ 51111620, 1922.

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JOI-IN' M. RQIIRER, OF OBJWIGSBUBG, EE'NNSYLVANIA.

OIL CAN.

Application led October 25, 1921. Serial No. 510,215.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, Jol-IN M. Roriiiiin, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orwigsburg, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil Cans, of which the following is a specification.

rl`his invention relates to oil cans.

The object is to provide an oil can which is especially adapted for use in garages in apn plying lubricating oil in relatively large quantities to the crank casing of automobiles Aor for other similar uses, the can being so constructed as to obviate the necessity for using a funnel to direct the oil,` and having means for controllingthe flow thereof within easy reach of the hand of the operator.

Another object is to construct a can for this purpose which is easy to iill,'and which will show the quantity of oil remaining` in the saine, the controlling means for. the flow of the oil being readily removed from the can by simply removing a single clampingnut, when it is desired to renew the gaskets or washers necessary toprevent the leakage of the oil. A

A full and complete understanding of the invention may be obtained 'from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification; Y

it being understood that while the drawing shows a practical form of the invention, the' latter is not confined to strict conformity therewith, but may be changedior modified, so long` as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention, as specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures vz Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of the improved oil can.

Figure 2 is an enlargedV vertical sectional view through the controlling means.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the supporting bracket for the controlling means.

The invention comprises an oil can or receptacle 1 formed of suitable sheet metal, having its upper end open and provided with a Haring rim 2, to which is attached a curved handle 3, which may be of any desired shape or construction. Surrounding the body of the can, at the proper heights from the bottom thereof, are a series of circumferential indent-ations or beads 1, denoting the desired units of measure, such as pints, quarts, etc., or fractions thereof, depending upon the size of the can, the purpose of the same being to enable the operator to tell at a glance Jthe amount of oil,.or other liquid, still remaining n in the receptacle. lf desired, the order of these units may be reversed from top to bottom, as will be readily understood, so that the amount of liquid dispensed may be readily determined.

At one side of the can, and directly below one'end of the handle 3 where attached to the flaring rim and adjacent to the bottom wall 5, 1s an aperture 6, which is adapted to receive the inner threaded end of a tubular spout 7, having its outer `end 8 turned downwardly so as to direct the flow of oil or other liquid passing therethrough in a downward direction. Said tube passes through and is braced by a metallic strip 9, spaced from the outside of the can where surrounding the tube, and having a lateral bend 9'LL near its upper end to bring the latter against the side of the can to which the same may be soldered, riveted or otherwise secured.

The threadsV on the inner end of the spout extend beyond the exterior of the can, and are adapted to receive a clamping nut 10 bearing against a rubber or leather gasket 11 surrounding the spout, andv clamped by the nut against the adjacent side of the can. The threads of the tubular spout also engage a suitable threaded aperture formed vin the long leg 12 of a supporting bracket 13, formed of a strip of metal bent intermediate of its length to provide an angularly disposed arm 14, whose terminal is curved as at 15 and having an open-ended slot 16 therein, as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawing. interposed between the long leg 12 of the bracket and the interior of the wall of the can is a rubber or leather gasket 17, and it will be seen that when the nut 10 is tightened, the gaskets 1l and 17 are clamped inl a manner to prevent any leakage of the contents of the can.

The bracket 13 is provided with a bracing wall 18, arranged at the longitudinal center line thereof, and suitably attached to the arms 12 and 14 of the bracket, the said wall lproviding means for pivoting a valve plate spout. r

the valve plate 19 carries a rubber or leather gasket 22 of a size to fullyrcover the'` adjacent open end of the spout, and is held to the said plate by a screw 23 in order that the'gasket 22 may be easily removedwhen desi-red to replace the same.

The valve plate furthermore carries an eye 24, to which is attached the lower end of an operating rod 25, arranged at an inclination and'passing through the rslot 16 in the end of the angular aim 14`of the'bracket, and

reaching above thel top of the can or receptacle and traversing a suitable aperture in the handle 3, the upper end ofthe operating rod being formed vinto'a ring 26, through which the finger of the operator may be introduced to pull the valve plate'rearwardly and away from theopen, inner endof the coiled, expansion :spring 27 surrounds the rod 25, and has its ends'bearing against the inner face of ithe valve plateV and the under face of the arinllt, and tends to force the plate 19, together 'with the gasket 22, in closing relation to the end of the spout, the downwardly bent terminal of thev arm 14 serving to prevent the spring or the rod' from moving from their proper .positions Aunder `the said arm 14.

` tached from the can by simplyremov'ing the single nut 10.

llhat is claimed is LAn oilcan having an opening at one side near the bottom, a tubular spout having "its inner end passed through the opening, 'means for securing the spout detachably in said opening, the inner end of the spoutprojecting beyond theinner wall of the can, a bracket Vdetaohably `connected to the inner end of the spout, a valve plate pivoted `to and carried by said bracket, a gasket the lower end of the valveV plate to seat itself on the inner' end of the spout, and ai springactuated rod connected to 'the valve p'late and extending upwardly above the top of the can.

2. An oil can comprising a receptacle hav- `ing a tubular' spout threaded through the wall ofthe same near the bottom thereof, a

bracket having angularly disposed arms disposed on the inside of thereceptacle, `one of the said arms having a threaded aperture to receive the inner end of the tubular spout, a nut carried on the spout exterior of the said `walha gasket on the spout to provide a tight joint, a valve plate hingedly connect ed to the bracket between the arms thereof and adapted to hang pendently in covering relation to the end of the spout and carrying a` gasket to iinpinge the same, an operating rod connected tothe valve plate and guided by the free arm of the bracket and extending upwardly and beyond the top of the can, and a spring surrounding the rod and adapted to bear against' the opposed faces `of the free arm of the bracket and the valve plate tornormally hold the latteriagainst" the end ofthe spout. i

In' testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, Iy have7 hereto aiiixed Inysignature.

:JOHN "M, ROHRER. 

